Refrigerator.



. L. KUNUWSKY.

HEFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT;15|1915.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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l L. KUNowsKY.

REFRIGERATOR.'

APPLICAIION FVILED OCT. l5. lays.

l l 88,9562 Patenfd Juml 2T, 1916.

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forth with removable means for su To all ww'mt may concern f Be it knownthat l, Louis lniiowsirr, a citizen of the United States, residing at'itfinona, in the county of Winona and State ol ll/iinnesota, haveinvented certain new vand useiful improvements in Refrigerators of whichthe following is a specilication.

This I invention relates to refrigerators and more particularly to thatclass 0l: such devices provided with a top ice box and adapted to coolthe contents through the medium of a lower :toed receptacle.

The primaryobject ol this invention is 'the provision of a device of thecharacter set 'porting the'ice in proper position and remo ble sidewalls tor the ice receptacle therebjP insuring a sanitary icereceptacle.

vWith the foregoing and other objects in View as will hereinafter appearfrom time to time, this invention consists in the peculiarcombinations-nd arrangement of the various relatedv parts ot arefrigerator as herein described and more particularly set forth in theappended claims.l v Referring to the drawings forming a portion ofthisspeciiication and illustrating the preferred embodiment ofconstruction and "in which the same reference characters indicate thesame parts wherever used, Figure 1 is transverse section through adevice embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectiontherethrough; Fig-3 is a section on line 3-3 voli Fig. 2; Fig. Ll is adetail perspective of the method of locking the sheathing means; andFig. 5 is a detail perspective otono of the removable ice box wallmembers.

6 designates'a framework formed of wood or other suitable material andconstructed to form rectangular frames corresponding to the size of thevarious sides of the receptacle. Placed over .both the inner and outersides oi this framework is a suitable sheet oil sheath-4 ing material 7preferably of heat insulating cardboard or the like and extending` theentire length of the framework and corresponding in size to itsrespective wall. Outside ot both'of the sheets 7-7 is provided a 1 metalsheathing 8 which may be stamped to joint with a lap jjoint Q termed bybending Specification or Lett r stent.

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the abutting sheets nietahy one over the other and lapping t same toform aV tight Joint 'llie receptacle is provided with the usual doors10-10 The interior of the box .is provided at it pper with a series of'plates 11 fast to the interior wall and spaced therefrom by i ieans ofwashers 12. Adapted to be supported by the members 11 are a pluralityor" members 13., one of which 1s shown in separated relation in Fig. 5which are provided lwith upper hook members l-'ll adapted to engage themembers 11 and to support the ifnmnbers i3 by engagement therewith. Eachof tl members 13 is provided 'withan upturned s ortion 15 at its lowerend adapted to ahw. against the interior wall of the box a* `prevent themembers 12l from touchi the interior walls. The three members t e lockedtogether by means of a sliding joint comprising a socket 16 uponeaoh ofthe two end members and a V plurality of tongues 17 upon the rearmeinb'er adapted to engage the sockets 1. Each oi.s the members 13 maybe removed by 'upward pressure to release the hook portion le from therear orn the support 11' and the corresponding sockets and tongues16-17.v The 'rear memberV 13 is provided at its lower extremity with abar 18 corresponding to the support 11 and similarly spaced from' themember- 13 which supports by means of a plurality. of hooks 19 connectedby a cross-bar 20,41, corrugated plate 21 ltdapted to receive the ice tobe placed in the ox. wall of the box upon the partition 22 between thebars 10-10 is provided with a similar supporting bar 23 which supportsby means ol? a plurality of hooks 24 a drippan 25 hai/'ing a pipingextension 26 extending therefrom and having a plurality ofs'additionalsupporting hooks 27 reversely curved from the rear of the drip pan, thesaid hooks 27 engaging the support 18 oi. the member 13. As anadditional support for the member 21, it is provided with a plurality ofdownturned legs 28 formed integral 4with the hooks 19 adapted to restagainst the drip pan 26 at -a portion below the'supporting hooks 24, inorder that the weight or the ice may be equalized between the supportslSand :legs 2S. The piping extension 26 communicates with a larger member29 which in turn communicates with the usual drip outlet 30 extendingthrough the bottom or' the box.

When it is desired tomleau the boa, the

Opposite the member 18 the interior" member 29 is liftedout of the dripoutlet 30 and removed, whereupon the drlp pan 25 may be removed bydisengaging the hooks 27 from the support 18 and the hooks 24 from thecorresponding support 23 and the drip panremoved through the lower ofthe doors -10. The ice holding pan may now be removed by lifting thehooks 19 from olf of the support 18 when the three members 13, 13 and 13may be removed by exerting upward pressure -upon the lower portionsthereof and disengaging the extensions 14 from the plurality of supports11 and the tongues 17 from the sockets 16, whereupon the diii'erentparts may be separately cleaned and then reassembled in the reverseorder, as heretofore described.

The metal sheathing serves to provide a sanitary interior and exteriorfor the box and the cardboard internal sheathing upon both sides of thewooden framework serves,`

to provide an effectual air chamber and to thoroughly 'insulate the boxfrom' the outer air.

Without further analysis, the-foregoing will so fully reveal the gist ofthis invention that others can by applying current knowledge readilyadapt it for various applications without omitting certain featuresthat, from the standpoint of the prior art, fairly constitute essentialcharacteristics of thel generic or speciiic aspects of this invention,and therefore such adaptations should and are intended to becomprehended within the meaning and range of equivalency of thefollowing claims.

I claim:

1. In an ice box, the combination with a plurality of walls, of supportsAon said walls, a plurality of removable interlocking supplemental wall`members carried by said supports, an ice carrying member mounted on oneof said supplemental wall members, an additional support in the interiorof said box, a drip p'an supported by said additional vsupport and oneof the supplemental wall plemental members to space the same from theboxwalls.

the rear supplemental wall support and one plurality of supplementalwall members carried thereby, a support upon the rear one of saidsupplemental members, an ice carrying member carried by the rearsupplemental wall support, a drip pan supported between of the box wallsupports and adapted to sustain the front end of the ice carryingmember, and means for conveying the drip water therefrom.

4. In an ice box, the combination with a plurality of walls, of supportsthereon, supplemental wall members carried by said supports, a supporton the rear one of the supplemental members, an ice carrying member,hooked members upon the ice carrying member engaging the rearsupplemental wall support, a drip pan, hooked members thereon engagingthe rear supplemental wall support and one of the box wall supports,legs on said ice carryinganemb'r' adapted to engage the drip` pan to besupported thereby, and means vfor conveying thel drip water from saidpan. f 1 v 5. In an ice box, the combination with a plurality of walls,of supports thereon, supplemental wall members' carried by said sup-lports, a support on the rear one ofthe supplemental members, an icecarrying member, l hooked members upon the ice carrying member engagingthe rear supplemental Wall support, a drip pan, hooked members there?,on engaging the -rear supplemental wall support and one of the boxwallsupports, the hooked members engaging the rear supplemental wallsupport being reversely curved to permit of the proper length of the 6.In an 'ice box, the combination with a plurality of walls, of supportsthereon, supplemental wall members carried by said supports, a'supporton the rear one of the supplemental members, an ice carrying member,hooked members upon the ice lcarrying member engaging the rearsupplemental wall` support,a drip pan,hooked members thereon engagingthe rear supplemental wall support and one of the box wall supports,legs onl said ice carrying member adapted to engage the drip pan to besupported thereby, said legs being formed integral with the hookedmembers on said ice carrying member and extending thereunder. f

In testimony whereof I aiiix mysignature in presence oftwo witnesses.

p LOUIS KUNOWSKY. Witnesses:

MARIE' -FAKLER, W. J. SMITH.

